The Portland daily press., 1887-11-26
BRIEF JoTTINcS.

Rev. Sam Jones will take DR.. Parker's
place in the Stockbridge extra course.
The drivers for Mr.. Ira Clay were each
presented by him with a fat goose.
Lewis Pike, of Rocky Hill. is suffering
from the effects of his recent accident. DIR.
Smith has amputated part of his foot
The members of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers are planning to give a
grand ball in Bangor in few days.
Attention is called to the change of rum
ming time on the Grand Trunk Railway, be-
ginning next Monday.
The Folio for December has been received
from w. e. Chandler. 1t contains litho-
graph of Col. George Ward Nichols.
Capt. Frank Barr of the revenue steamer
Dallas Gpresented each Of his ships crew
with turkey Thanksgiving.
The engineers and ilemen on the Maine
Central have presented Master Mechanic ].
AaPurington with an elegant easy chair.
There were about two inches of snow fell
yesterday morning. 1t was the first to lay
on the ground this season. The snow later
turned to rain.
An empty lead tube, with piece of hemp
string for fuse was all that was found in
that bomb sent to Mr.. Frank. The contriv
ance was intended as practical joke.
James Miller, the plumber. gave each OF
the married men in his employ large tur-
key, and to each unmarried man the value OF
turkey.
Ira f. Clark presented some thirty fami-
lies with Thanksgiving turkeys, and J. X.
Martin of the Falmouth Hotel, presented
some forty turkeys to his employees.
The Female Samaritan Association will
give promenade concert at City Hall next
Tuesday evening. Chandler will furnish
the music.
The ladies Of ST. Luke's Guild will hold a
Christmas sale at Reception Hall, City
Building, next Thursday afternoon and eve
ming.
The Cumberland Rowing Association will
give one Of their popular assemblies on
Wednesday evening" Dec 2Sth, at Mechanics
Hall.
The singing and praise service at the Cos
pei Mission Sunday afternoon, will be led BY
an old-time orchestra-bass yiol. violin, cor
net and other instruments.
Mr.. Isaac c. Atkinson. general manager Of
the Atkinson House Furnishing Company
presented each of the twenty-five married
men in his employ with fine turkey fol
Thanksgiving.
A boy named Eugene Smith, son Of A. ID
Smith, who lives on Paris street, was badly
cut with glass Thanksgiving day. A physi
clan dressed the wounds, and the patient ii
getting along nicely.
The house of Mr.. Phineas Barnes, of Wal
than, Mass, was entered about 3 o'clocl
Thursday through a side door left unlocked
by son of the family who goes out an hou
earlier on milk route. From Mr.. Barnes
sleeping room $40 was taken from pocket
book, and a new $40 oyercoat was also taken
A number of ladies and gentlemen visited
the Turnverein, Thursday. A class Of eight
composed of Prof. Doldt and Messrs. Dick
son, Dean, Riggs, Goold, Gowan, Laughlir
and Ulrick, gave fine exhibition ON tae
horizontal bar, parallel bars and flying rings
They were warmly applauded.
The schooner G. Nj. Porter. Bath for Port
land, Conn.,, was in collision Thursday night
on Nantucket Shoals, with barkentine ii. S
jackson, from Philadelphia for Portland
Me. The Porter had her jibboom carried
away, all of her head-gear, her bow stove
etc. The damage to the barkentine is un
known.
The steamer Vancouver, Capt. Lindall
sailed about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, fol
Liverpool via Halifax. The Vancouver car
ried 3 cabin, 10 intermediate and 80 steerage
passengers from this port and will fill up
her complement at Halifax. The steamer
carried $500 tons of cargo, mostly grain, but
including 5000 barrels of apples, shipped
from this port.